sasha was just 7. there is no doubt that being a president's child is a lot different from the way that most of us grew up. doug weed is a former advisor to ron paul. he has written extensively about children of presidents. you've interviewed more than a dozen presidential children. is there any common thread to what they say it's like to grow up in the white house? >> yeah, actually, 19 and a lot of the first ladies and presidents. the children liked it. most of them. they look back on it as if it's surreal like it didn't even happen. it's very quick. four years, eight years. it's a tiny part of their life. and most of them liked because they were together for the first time in their lives some of them. they're separated to get there. the dad's busy getting there. and finally at the white house, they're there. >> that's what the president has said again and again. he finally gets to sit down to dinner with his girls. >> his office is close to his house now for the very first time is what he said. what